Reading Zeuxis Or Antiochus | Alexandria
Read Zeuxis Or Antiochus by Lucian. Discovering that art can fatally deceive: Lucian's tale reveals how painter Zeuxis's ultra-realistic grapes killed birds who tried to eat them, while showing how obsession with perfection leads to self-destruction. This ancient meditation on artistic ambition eerily foreshadows our modern struggle with hyperreality and the blurring of truth and illusion.